Phil Jackson, considered by many to be the greatest basketball coach of all-time, was the brainchild behind one of the most dominant offenses in NBA history, engineering his teams to 11 championships over the last 20 years. This offense is the famed Triangle offense, and it has long been heralded as an offense that allows [...]
It’s the most exciting play in basketball – hitting a gamewinner just as the clock expires. It’s also one of the most difficult, as with everything on the line, the defense will give everything they’ve got. When should you start your play? When do you want to take the shot? Go to the post? 3-pointer? [...]
If you’ve got a player with great passing, scoring, and decision making ability, as a coach the pick and roll should be your best friend. When your player can do all three of these things the defense simply has to pick their poison. Either they go under the screen and give your player a rhythm [...]
One problem has plagued coaches for years – how do you defend size without size? And there is only one answer – with a double team. If you don’t have the height to defend a dynamic post scorer, you have to use the speed and mobility of your team to your advantage. An attacking defense [...]
At all levels, the pick and roll is a great way to score, creating confusion for the defense as well as putting your ballhandler in space, and your big man on a cut to the rim. Therefore, it is critical to practice defending the pick and roll in your practice. Personnel and game situations will [...]
Transition threes. They can be a coach’s best friend, or worst enemy. When taken properly, it can be a very high percentage shot, and can even generate a chance for an easy offensive rebound. But, get too carried away, and both your offense and defense will suffer. One of the best ways to get good [...]
This is one of our “bread-and-butter” basketball offensive plays. Teams that play lazy defense can not stop this action.
Here are a couple of basketball offensive plays that we have run that get the ball inbounds AND some easy buckets.
Here is one of our favorite simple basketball plays called the “Go”. If you have a great right handed or left handed player it will work to perfection. If you have a Big to go along with him, you have a dynasty.
One of the basketball plays I like to use is the Dog Pound. It is a basic 1 v 1, full court dribble with spin moves against a mirrored defender.
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